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See, there's the crux of this whole problem: you and Babs come to the discussion with certain preconceptions about what an O.S. is "supposed" to...
Or at least brick and tile houses.
While the wind speeds were exceptional for the UK, they were not that strong by some standards. The strongest gust recorded over the UK was 100 knots (185 km-hr). We have had that here (in Wellington NZ) within the last year or so.
According to the UK Met Office, once-in-50-year gusts speeds in SE England are less than 40 m-s (144 km-hr). We have that "regularly", according to our Met Office.
I visited the UK early in 1988 and was amazed to see so many fallen trees, all pointing in the same direction. It was very noticable that they all had very shallow root systems. Obviously not built to last.
You have got to be kidding. Go learn something about the internals of a couple other operating systems, then come back and talk about this. What...
I was in the UK last year for a family wedding. The Bride's parents' property has some large cedar trees. It was a windy day, not windy enough to impede walking, but the noise and creaking from the trees was enough to alarm me. The marquee was alarming, too. Guests walked up a 60m long entranceway with windows and mirrors on both sides, which were moving in the wind, creating moving and distorted images as people pbutted. I was standing in the reception line greeting arrivals, feeling seasick because the light patterns on the floor were moving as the lighting shook. All too lightly built for my liking.
--brian
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